Bootblack stand foot rest construction



Nov. 1, 1932. L. E. FRYE BOOTBLAGK STAND FOOT REST CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 8, 193;

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Patented Nov. 1, 1932 LEE n. FRYE, or sen FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA BOOTBLAGK STAND FOOT REST CONSTRUCTION Application filed $eptember 8, 1931. Serial No. 561,740.

This invention relates to improvements in bootblack stand foot rests.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a foot rest or support which may be permanently attached to the stand, one which will be rigid in use, and yet one which may be swung to the side while the occupant of the chair is ascending or descending from the chair.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is simple in construction and economical to manufacture.

A further object is to produce a rack which occupies a minimum amount of room.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

' In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my rack as the same would appear when swung'to the front,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the rack support, the inclination thereof being exaggerated to illustrate the invention,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bracket, and

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Bootblack stands ordinarily employ a foot rest which is in the nature of a permanent support, or a removable support. The person securing a shine is apt to soil or tear his clothes when ascending or decending, while, with the removable rack, a person must wait until the bootblack can remove the support and then must wait until the supportis replaced before placing his foot upon the rack.

With my device, the rack may be swung to one side so as to permit the occupant of the chair to ascend or descend without inconvenience.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a portion of a bootblack arm has a downwardly extending pin 18. a

This pin 18 has its lower end cut-away so as to form parallel flat sides 19, the distance between the parallel sides being equal to the distance between the parallel sides of the recess 13. V

The result of this construction is, that when a person removes his foot from the block 16, the bootblack may swing the arm 17 upwardly slightly, which will move the parts from the full line position of Fig. 3, to the dotted line position thereof, thus moving the flat sides 19 out of the recess 13, and at that time, the block and arm may be swung upon the pin 18, and thus out of the way of the person decending from the stand. As soon as the arm and block are swung back to the position of Fig. 2, the lower extremities of the pin will immediately enter the slot 13, and the device will then be ready for use and will be rigidly held so that the operation of the shining of a shoe will not cause movement thereof.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a device of the character described, a

bracket having out-turned horizontal ends one above the other, one of said out-turned ends having a circular opening formed therethrough, the other of said out-turned ends having a keyhole shaped opening formed therethrough, a cylindrical pin extending through said circular opening and through the round portion of the keyhole opening, one end of said pin having the opposite sides thereof flattened to enable said pin to enter the slot portion of said keyhole opening, the opposite end of said pin from said flattened portion having an arm secured thereto, and a supporting'block positioned on said arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEE E. FRYE. 

